kannattamatonta

Kannattamatonta is a Finnish adjective form meaning "not profitable," "uneconomical" or "unsustainable." It is the partitive case of the adjective kannattamaton and is used in contexts that require the partitive, such as certain quantitative expressions, negation contexts, or after verbs and expressions that govern the partitive.

Etymology and morphology: the word derives from the verb kannattaa ("to support; to be profitable") plus the negative adjectival suffix -maton, indicating absence of the property. The partitive ending -a/-ta yields kannattamatonta.

Usage: kannattamatonta appears frequently in economic, political and everyday discourse to describe projects, investments, policies or activities judged to produce net losses, to lack feasibility, or to be otherwise unwise from a cost–benefit perspective. Common collocations include taloudellisesti kannattamatonta (economically unprofitable) and poliittisesti kannattamatonta (politically untenable). Synonyms include tappiollinen and epäedullinen; antonyms include kannattava and tuottoisa.

Examples: Hanke on kannattamatonta ("The project is unprofitable"); Investointi osoittautui kannattamattomaksi (nominative) but in contexts requiring partitive one says Investointia pidettiin kannattamattomana / kannattamatonta, depending on syntax.

Notes: as with other Finnish adjectives, correct use requires attention to case, number and agreement with the noun or syntactic context. The term carries primarily economic connotations but can be applied broadly to any action judged impractical or unjustified on cost or support grounds.